The renin gene and aldosterone-producing adenomas.

doi:10.1038/ki.1994.455

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The renin gene and aldosterone-producing adenomas.

Kidney international - 1 Dec 1994

Klemm S A, Ballantine D M, Gordon R D, Tunny T J, Stowasser M

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Approximately one half of the aldosterone-producing adenomas (APA) removed from patients with primary aldosteronism in the Hypertension Unit at Greenslopes Hospital belong to a subgroup in which aldosterone levels are responsive to the renin-angiotensin system (angiotensin-responsive APA; AII-R-A...

Topics

Adenoma
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Aldosterone
Alleles
Female
Gene Expression
Gene Frequency
Humans
Hyperaldosteronism
Male
Middle Aged
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
RNA, Messenger
Renin
Renin-Angiotensin System

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